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(N0 ModeL) W. P. HYATT.

MATCH BOX.

No. 327,689. Patented 001;. 6, 1885.

UNiTEo STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM F. HYATT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MATCH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,689, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed January 8, 1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. HYATT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Match-Boxes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in match-boxes for use as pocket match-safes; and it consists in certain details of construction and arrangement, all as hereinafter fully described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view; Fig. 2, a plan view of the blanks.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the box, made of one piece of metal, the sides b being turned up from the bottom 0, and the end d turned over the bottom 0 and sides I) b. The end d, near its upper edge, has a frictionsurface, 6, in such position that whenever a Serial No. 152,366. (No model.)

match is withdrawn from the box the head of said match, by a gentle pressure upon the end d, which is loose at one or both sides, rubs against said friction-surface and is ignited. c

The cover B is made in the same manner, and hinged by a rivet driven through the sides of both.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 3

3. In a match-box, the body constructed of .5

one piece of metal, the sides 12 b, bottom 0, loose end d, and friction-surface e, substantially as shown and described.

WM. F. HYATT. Witnesses:

N. D. REDHEAD, J. E. CORNELL. 

